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"only gripe is the mixer either stays in the bread or tears a hole in the bottom which is annoying"

"i looked at more expensive machines but none of them received the same degree of customer satisfaction"

"also there is no way you could set this going overnight as it's very noisy"

"it was such a disappointment but the saying that if it's too good to be true it probably is was again proven by this cheap breadmaker"

"this machine is tricky to set up as the display lights are virtually impossible to see"

"extract the metal baking mould and stand it to cool a bit before removing loaf and put on cooling rack to avoid condensation"

"i can't comment on the timer because i've not used it but the machine is simple and even i manage to produce fantastic bread following the recipe in the booklet produced a slightly crumbly loaf using doves farm gf brown bread flour so i added 7g of xanthan gum and 10ml of water and bingo!"

"a 55 minute fast bake 13 hour delay timer and a non stick pan and kneading paddle they are dishwasher proof but it only takes a minute to clean in hot soapy water"

"i had this machine but wore it out so replaced it with same model"

"it was on gluten free setting when it just stopped working"

"* top of the loaf collapsed: too much water"

"it’s fairly fully featured but has no fruit nut seed dispenser you have to be around when it beeps then add things manually or add them at the start and let them get squashed "

"so when the paddle stops which on fast bake 1 it's when the paddle stops at 43 mins left to go i take the dough out using floured hands take out the paddle and put the mix back in it only leaves a small hole in your bread when you tip it out"

"so far i have only used it to make 'normal' white and wholemeal loaves but it does them really well"

"an absolute waste of money following the supplied recipes exactly and it still produces rubbish bread"

"utterly disappointed!"

"very disappointed"

"returned as it takes forever to make your bread"

"there are no measuring utensils provided but the sort usually provided with these machines are generally pretty hopeless anyway and all kitchens should possess decent scales and measuring spoons"

"the build quality is not as good as the panasonic the baking tin is lightweight by comparison the paddle and the spindle is not as substantial and not so easy to keep clean with their grooves and crevices and the fitting of the tin in the breadmaker seems rather crude it just wedges in between some not very robust looking guides or fins and it sometimes a little difficult to remove the tin from the guides although i would think with use this will become easier"

"it needs a space to stand for a few hours while it does its work and also when kneading and knocking back it is quite noisy so putting it in a utility room if you have one would be a good idea"

"all of them were stodgy and not mixed properly with unmixed ingredients in the middle"

"no more wasted loaves of bread and it always taste better when it’s made at home"

"bought in june 2019 erratic performance with random non mixing of bread and then attempting to cook it resulting in deflated inedible loaf"

"the only small issue is getting it out without making a whole in the bottom from the bit that mixes the ingredients i am not sure any other breadmakers would get around that though"

"the dough inevitably sticks to the paddle so the hole in the bread bottom is larger causing issues when slicing"

"after trying several recipes so far i think it is very much a trial and error kinda of machine and hope for the best"

"i also have a massive issue with the fact that half the loaf sticks to the paddle when you remove it leaving a huge hole in the bottom"

"when i rang russell hobbs service department they were not helpful"

"we’d opted for the medium crust and the bread came how fluffy with a light ‘chew’ to it but it was a bit “mushroom topped” as my wife describes it so we’ll probably opt for the medium size next so the dough it more contained within the basket and the only issue we had was slicing it… because it is soft it requires the quick development of a ‘technique’ in order to make straight cuts which was kind of funny but loved the outcome"

"took a couple of tries to work out how to do the perfect bread but that was the user issue not the machine!"

"i've had some disasters until i realised that each machine has quirks and you need to learn your machine in the same way as i used to have to learn a new oven"

"extract the metal baking mould and stand it to cool a bit before removing loaf and put on cooling rack to avoid condensation"

"the loaf tin is not sitting square to the machine or even itself the whole thing looks distorted"

"extract the metal baking mould and stand it to cool a bit before removing loaf and put on cooling rack to avoid condensation"

"30 minutes in to it's first use using menu 1 the paddle stopped turning the display went out and the unit started making a loud buzzing noise"

"only annoying thing is paddle gets stuck and baked into the bread so when you turn it out you end up with a hole where the paddle was"

"always rolls the dough to perfection none left around the sides just a prefect dough ball"

"easy to use and no failed results"

"tried to make 3 different loaves different sizes different crust colours but all 3 were failures"

"the two slight issues were that whilst the machine was in the kneading mode it tends to walk across the worktop so i had to put a tea towel underneath and this resolved this issue"

"spending double to get a feature of little importance seems silly?"

"this isn't the most sturdy example of its type but it does make a nice tasting loaf of bread i am always disappointed by the appearance of bread made in machines and it's the same here the bread tastes lovely but looks irregular in shape and colour when it emerges"

"the first attempt was a bit of a failure with a cakey texture and went stale very quickly so i tried a recipe from my trusty bread book by catherine atkinson which i recommend if you want to be a bit adventurous "

"also the tops of the loaves were all very pale and barely baked"

"spending double to get a feature of little importance seems silly?"

"can also be used for dough making"

"i tried it twice to make sure that i had weighed the ingredients correctly but still found an area of barely cooked dough in the middle"

"yes it is like all other machines i have had where you have to fish the paddle out of the bottom of the loaf but that's a small niggle "

"however now it fails to reach a high enough heat to stop the bread sinking in the final stages"

"design fault in my opinion"

"most issues are not caused by the machine and sometimes you will get a bad loaf that just seems impossible to explain"

"i think i must have wasted about 10 bakes before i realised that it was not my fault expensive experiment not to be repeated another problem was when i wanted to return it co op gave me a date ie 2nd december for its collection but not a time so i had to stay in to hand the machine over to the courier was coming with a label for the outside i did wait in no one turned up!"

"and for some reason it seems more difficult to get the paddle out of the bottom of the loaf so it leaves a bigger hole in the bottom"

"recipes in the manual don’t include vitamin c or ascorbic acid as it is known i added half a teaspoon and the results are even better"

"the machine broke down after 1 week of use"

"i think i must have wasted about 10 bakes before i realised that it was not my fault expensive experiment not to be repeated another problem was when i wanted to return it co op gave me a date ie 2nd december for its collection but not a time so i had to stay in to hand the machine over to the courier was coming with a label for the outside i did wait in no one turned up!"

"so the 1st loaf i made i had to learn this and the loaf was restarted a few times it came out not looking too good but tasted fine"

"also you need to remove loaf as soon as it is finished or you will have trouble getting it out the pan"

"have tried several different receipes multi grain onion sun dried tomato etc and they have all turned out well"

"how do i return this under the guarantee if the return window is closed?"

"i prefer paddles to stick in the bread myself and grease the spindle with olive oil before commencement less damage to the loaf especially with these cranked paddles"

"after it had finished kneading i removed the paddle so only a very small hole in the bottom"

"would it be possible to send a replacement item please?"

"i haven’t used the cake or other programmes yet but the dough option has been helpful for doing small rolls in the normal oven"

"sorry no stars for this machine as it was returned because the paddle left a very large hole in the loaf"

"so could be dangerous and fall off the counter"

"avoid at all costs"

"why anybody – unless having more time than they know what to do with – would want to bother with weighing and mixing for themselves for ordinary loaves especially given all the risks entailed is beyiond me and you can always tinker successfully with mixes if you want a slightly different flavour "

"too late to return as faulty!"

"dump all your ingredients into it and withing a few hours you have fresh bread"

"bread maker paddles are always a problem but bread drops out easily"

"unlike with many machines the baking pan is inserted and removed directly with no twisting and removing it may cause a problem as a result if your grip isn't good"

"arrived today with parts missing eg paddle "

"returned sorry"

"sending it back"

"the only drawback was made clear in the reviews before i bought the breadmaker and that is that the paddle gets stuck and tears the bottom of the loaf or cake when extracting it from the tin but i was aware that it would happen and am not bothered by it"

"all 3 breads have to be thrown away"

"ok to start with but then every batch failed dough for baking rolls was fine so i presume it was something to do with the programme as each batch sunk it could not have been my fault as the first say because i didn't count 12 batches"

"i think i must have wasted about 10 bakes before i realised that it was not my fault expensive experiment not to be repeated another problem was when i wanted to return it co op gave me a date ie 2nd december for its collection but not a time so i had to stay in to hand the machine over to the courier was coming with a label for the outside i did wait in no one turned up!"

"but that's a minor quibble"

"how do i return this under the guarantee if the return window is closed?"

"the machine is not working"

"the mixing paddle has been redesigned and now doesn’t seem to get stuck inside the finished loaf when it’s tipped out of the bread pan"

"i found i had to add vita glutton flour to my wholesale loaf otherwise it sank in the middle"

"the only thing that didn't work so well with us was french bread which didn't seem to rise properly but that could easily have been our error"

"easy to remove cooked loaf"

"i prefer paddles to stick in the bread myself and grease the spindle with olive oil before commencement less damage to the loaf especially with these cranked paddles"

"* bread ballooned and lifted the machine lid: too much water too much yeast when not using a packet mix"

"i have so far only made three different loaves but they have all been really good"

"the pan is certainly less substantial also tricky to remove from the machine and a little awkward to clean"

"so far i have failed twice so on my third batch i would say that's more about me and not the machine"

"this is my second russell hobbs bread maker the other one finally committed suicide by leaping off the worktop when that first happened i just shoved the dough back and plugged it in and it went on fine but the second time the paddle must have come off and although it made a sort of loaf it didn't function again"

"in our experience most machines either leave the paddle in the pan with a small paddle sized inevitable defect in the loaf or the paddle slides off the spindle inside the loaf and can be winkled out with minimal effort"

"it’s this taller narrower pan which earns this model the title “compact” the foot print is significantly reduced"

"i wish i have returned it on time!"

"the first time i used it the machine did not finish its cycle"

"came up with error code eee after 6 months and no means of getting it replaced or repaired"

"that wouldn't have happened with my previous breadmaker as that would have lost the programme"

"bought as a replacement for the lakeland compact bread maker which has been discontinued"

"having had a big heavy clumsy breadmaker in the past i was pleasantly surprised when this arrived"

"i have wasted so much bread with this machine unlike my old one that i had for about 20years and was a cheap unknown brand but worked perfectly my issue is not really with the quality of the bread produced although a little doughy at times it is generally ok"

"bought in june 2019 erratic performance with random non mixing of bread and then attempting to cook it resulting in deflated inedible loaf"

"top of the breadmaker has scratch marks and the breadmaker box damaged so to me it doesn't look new probably it was on display for sure not happy with it"

"if you like a nicely browned loaf forget it even on high setting it turns out very pale even on a white loaf back to morphy richards"

"i was surprised there were no measuring tools with the machine and very few recipes"

"having to send it back not working properly"

"not consistently loud but switches on and makes a loud noise abruptly and unexpectedly which is disconcerting until you get used to it"

"the bread machine does not bake well!"

"anyway then you pick what size you want to make either 500g 750g or 1kg – although only 5 programs allow you to vary the size: basic french wholewheat sweet sandwich – so we opted to jump in with the largest size 1kg on the basic program apparently this program is good for any white bread dough based recipes well i say ‘we’ but in reality it was my wife that really took charge of everything"

"to begin with the loaf was difficult to get out of the tin and had to be eased out because it was 'attached' to the paddle which is at the bottom of the tin"

"at first however and the reason i mention it the presence of the hole was a surprise and we wondered if we did something incorrectly"

"the bread cooks at the"

"mains power off on and unit stayed dead"

"after reading all the guidance first there’s a section that explains the functions of each of the ingredients in the small booklet supplied she switched the machine on followed the recipe in the order prescribed and then left it to do its own thing"

"i can't recommend it sorry!"

"600 watts is not hot enough to cook a small cakedoughy in the middle no size or colour adjustment"

"it has never worked once so can't see how this is the problem"

"ruined 3 tea towels so far!"

"the newer panasonics are well over £100 but my panasonic sd 2500 is still available for £80 or less and that’s the one i’d save up for"

"also despite selecting the darker browning setting each time bread still comes out very pale"

"i can see it being useful for taking the effort out of kneading dough for rolls etc but i have not used it for this yet"

"having spent some time looking at various models i went for this one firstly because it would fit on my work top as i did not want a machine that i had to lift in and out of a cupboard and secondly because i have a russell hobbs slow cooker which has been used on a regular basis for some three years and is still going strong being in use several times a week"

"unlike with many machines the baking pan is inserted and removed directly with no twisting and removing it may cause a problem as a result if your grip isn't good"

"this is my second russell hobbs bread maker the other one finally committed suicide by leaping off the worktop when that first happened i just shoved the dough back and plugged it in and it went on fine but the second time the paddle must have come off and although it made a sort of loaf it didn't function again"

"yes it is noisy when it first starts up when its kneading the dough but that is only for a short time"

"this bread maker had a number of mainly positive reviews from beginners and more experienced users there are a wide range of programmes to choose from and loaves can be made in small medium sizes"

"stopped working after just one use!"

"if you're new to bread making then there is a little learning curve"

"the guarantee was for a year but somewhere in the small print it states that the paddle only has 6 months warranty and they are suggesting it has lost its coating"

"this russell hobbs machine seems to make good dough but i do miss the raisin nut dispenser – i usually make dough overnight so really need a dispenser"

"bought this to replace an older machine which had died "

"in effect it is broken"

"this model has served the family well over the past seven years but now the paddle comes off the spindle during the cycle resulting in a failure"

"also just made the dough so i could plait a french herb artisan bread by hand and it did a really good job"

"recipes that come with it are limited and often don't work"

"it was such a disappointment but the saying that if it's too good to be true it probably is was again proven by this cheap breadmaker"

"i don't like gluten free but can't eat wheat however spelt is fine so i bake my own bread"

"the other issue was that the paddle ended up stuck in the bottom of the loaf but in fairness there really isn’t anywhere for the paddle to go so although it caused a small hole it didn’t bother me but i thought i’d pre warn anyone thinking of getting this bread maker "

"unlike with many machines the baking pan is inserted and removed directly with no twisting and removing it may cause a problem as a result if your grip isn't good"

"if you like a nicely browned loaf forget it even on high setting it turns out very pale even on a white loaf back to morphy richards"

"the paddle has stopped going round"

"very noisy and didn't mix dough well"

"the process of shaking the log out tears it to pieces inside and each slice simply falls apart in your hands"

"it does do jam but i have not tried that yet"

"what a load of rubbish"

"bought in june 2019 erratic performance with random non mixing of bread and then attempting to cook it resulting in deflated inedible loaf"

"it doesn't work at all"

"wasn’t expecting that "

"very annoying because i like to make dough overnight and make fresh bread first thing"

"paddle usually comes out stuck in bread and has to be removed carefully to avoid leaving big hole in base of bread"

"had high hopes for this machine especially based on the reviews but my experience was very poor"

"it is a little shorter than my old one a little deeper but about a third less wide – so it takes up less room on the kitchen counter"

"i've not used the timer function so cannot report on that"

"ok to start with but then every batch failed dough for baking rolls was fine so i presume it was something to do with the programme as each batch sunk it could not have been my fault as the first say because i didn't count 12 batches"

"* bread not cooked through: packet mix too big for the machine"

"the pan is certainly less substantial also tricky to remove from the machine and a little awkward to clean"

"the bead is like from the bakery it's a little gold mine my 1st ever loaf was perfect don't pass this one up so easy to use i love it and i can't stop trying it out next shop i'm going to get stuff to try the jam programme"

"looking back it’s a little embarrassing how apprehensive we were before we started this little bread maker makes the process so simple"

"either way the loaf is ruined"

"i whip the paddle out after it has done its last knead it doesn’t warn you but it happens at 1hr40mins so i get an even better loaf than with the paddle left in"

"the 'bread' although pretty sure that cannot be classified as bread was completely unbaked"

"only gripe is the mixer either stays in the bread or tears a hole in the bottom which is annoying"

"must have been delivered a dud"

"it has never worked once so can't see how this is the problem"

"packet mix troubleshooting main problems solved: * bread didn't rise: your water was either too hot or too cold"

"anyway then you pick what size you want to make either 500g 750g or 1kg – although only 5 programs allow you to vary the size: basic french wholewheat sweet sandwich – so we opted to jump in with the largest size 1kg on the basic program apparently this program is good for any white bread dough based recipes well i say ‘we’ but in reality it was my wife that really took charge of everything"

"i have made around 30 loaves tried different recipies and am now ready to give up"

"lid broke quite quickly but does not effect the operation"

"also you need to remove loaf as soon as it is finished or you will have trouble getting it out the pan"

"mixing paddle sticky has a habit of coming out with bread from pan but not really an issue"

"the other issue was that the paddle ended up stuck in the bottom of the loaf but in fairness there really isn’t anywhere for the paddle to go so although it caused a small hole it didn’t bother me but i thought i’d pre warn anyone thinking of getting this bread maker "

"i use our old breadmaker a panasonic mainly to make dough finishing the loaf by hand for better shape finish and crust or making the dough into something fancy like rolls or buns"

"i've used a bread machine for years so it's not a matter of not knowing what to do"

"so much less fun plastic"

"lid didn't fit properly due to shoddy plastic hinges"

"i have found when using the basic white ready mix the machine does not make the top very crusty or brown at all even when you program it on the "basic" menu to do so"

"after it had finished kneading i removed the paddle so only a very small hole in the bottom"

"not consistently loud but switches on and makes a loud noise abruptly and unexpectedly which is disconcerting until you get used to it"

"'very frustrating as ordered for christmas and no time to return and get a replacement!"

"makes other things too like pizza dough cakes malt loaf etc excellent product"

"but with each loaf i make i only get about half of the loaf that are proper slices the rest are just weird shapes where the paddle has been stuck in the bottom"

"think ill buy the same again"

"the breads taste so good they don't last long!"

"g too much bread it taste so delicious"

"the only gripe i have with my machine is the size of the loaves the medium size is slightly smaller than my ideal and the large size is slightly too large"

"it is more expensive than other makes but in my opinion it is definately worth it"

"having made several loaves of different types it has performed perfectly and is not very noisy in kneading mode which some models apparently are"

"i had a cheap breadmaker first time round which was pretty rubbish and in the end i had to resort to only using it to knead the dough and then i used to take the dough out and leave it to rise in a loaf tin"

"the first one's bread pan eventually lost it's non stick function and it became virtually impossible to get the loaf out hence this purchase"

"we find it best to have it ready of an evening when we get home from work put it on a cooling rack with a tea towel over it to cool then putting it away before bed"

"the only loaf 'failures' i have ever had have been due to inferior bread flour it really is the combination of good quality canadian bread flour and the name panasonic which produce the most amazing bread adored by my entire family and "

"i also have not tried the delay timer but i am sure i shall at some time in the future"

"this is the second panasonic breadmaker we have owned and is a replacement for the same model after several years of service"

"have always had panasonic breadmakers and this one replaces my last where the automatic raisin dispenser stopped working"

"the only time i’ve had a duff loaf is if the yeast is getting old or i’ve put too much water in or forgot to put the paddle in!"

"you can add seeds such as poppy or sesame via the seed dispenser or add pumpkin seed sunflower seed linseed in with the other ingredients"

"i had a cheap breadmaker first time round which was pretty rubbish and in the end i had to resort to only using it to knead the dough and then i used to take the dough out and leave it to rise in a loaf tin"

"a few little pointers always use a good strong flour i use marriages 100% canadian white and wholemeal very strong flour fresh dried yeast sea salt and instead of sugar i use horlicks don't laugh it contains milk powder malt and sugar all of which feed the yeast well and olive oil instead of butter"

"extremely disappointed!"

"i had a kenwood bread maker a few years ago which was appalling in comparison and complete waste of money"

"i have had two breadmakers in the past not panasonic the last about 12 years ago and i found the worst thing about them was the fact that the paddles were large and always stuck in the finished loaf"

"the lcd display is a bit hard to read sometimes with my poor eyesight but that's not unusual these days"

"we live abroad and although the local bread was a novelty at first after a few years the lack of variety was quite boring"

"i haven't tried the quick recipe after reading the reviews so can't comment on that programme and neither have i used the dried fruit dispenser"

"the problem of the mixing blade sticking in the bottom of the bread seems to go away after a few weeks usage something a couple of other reviewers noted in the comments i'm not sure why but it was never a huge problem to begin with simply use a wooden chopstick to lever out the blade"

"i bought panasonic bread maker after returning another which was half the price of this and made terrible breads"

"the bread is totally awful it’s so rock hard and the texture is like a sandpaper!"

"people complaining about it and saying it makes awful bread obviously aren't adding the right ingredients and measuring them properly because well every single loaf of bread i've made has turned out perfectly except one but it was my fault for adding too much liquid to the mixture "

"having had poor results from other machines the panasonic has produced excellent results"

"having made several loaves of different types it has performed perfectly and is not very noisy in kneading mode which some models apparently are"

"my only criticism is that the bleeps at the end are much too quiet"

"edit 15 04 2014 after 10 weeks of perfect bread the machine started to produce pale loaves with undercooked sticky crumb"

"the problem of the mixing blade sticking in the bottom of the bread seems to go away after a few weeks usage something a couple of other reviewers noted in the comments i'm not sure why but it was never a huge problem to begin with simply use a wooden chopstick to lever out the blade"

"2 the beeper is too quiet"

"i can't fault this in any way shape or form"

"even panettone which is notoriously difficult"

"only disappointing results have been from user error forgetting to put the paddle in the machine!"

"i can't believe the difference in the quality of the loaves coming from this new machine they make everything else pale into insignificance"

"ok i have already memorised the 3 i use the most but it is a small backwards step"

"seems to have given up halfway through baking the bread so all we got out was a soggy lump"

"i have never used a breadmaker and was pretty skeptical as to how the bread would turn out"

"the kneading paddle just needs a bit of a soak to loosen the trapped dough and the pan and machine interior just need a wipe with a damp cloth"

"note: there is an error in the baking booklet"

"prompt delivery a quick visit to the baking isle of the supermarket and we had a go and blow me if we ok my wife didn't make some fantastic bread!"

"panasonic sd 2501wxc automatic breadmaker white with nut & raisin dispenser & gluten free program 1 question can you use silicone loaf tin inside bread pan instead of baking parchment?"

"surely making jam and cake in a breadmaker is so much more messy than just doing it in a saucepan or bowl!"

"the only disappointing loaf was brioche as it was too "bready""

"impressed with this replacement for our previous panasonic which had recently become unreliable after years of excellent service"

"only problem is i need a louder alarm when the program is finished"

"in fact the only problem we've faced so far has been accurately slicing the resulting loaves but that's hardly a problem this machine sets out to solve"

"we purchased this roughly 1 month ago and have not bought one single shop bought loaf since the bread is gorgeous as long as you follow the instructions and take bread out when the alarm goes off you cant go wrong i have not looked back since buying this bread maker"

"the panasonic however first bake out of the box and with me doing nothing other than following the instructions exactly produced an exceptionally fluffy white loaf the only fault was with my setting for the crust which i prefer slightly crunchy so i will change that for the next one"

"i bought a breadmaker on a whim and was a bit worried that it would end up gathering dust as so many of them seem to do but this has seen pretty much constant use since it arrived"

"the only thing i'm not sure about is the noise it makes when kneading i didn't expect it to be completely silent but it's really quite noisy with a definite thump on each paddle turn also there is a rather annoying squeak"

"had a few poorly risen loaves to start with but think it was more to do with poor quality ingredients than the machine"

"this breadmaker is not the most expensive but surely is oneof the best"

"machine isn't very noisey when working and it needs to be set back from edge of worktop so it is stable but so far never moved"

"read the reviews all seemed reasonable for the panasonic checked i wasn't buying a tv and hoped the negative reviews were just people having a moan or extemely unlucky"

"having baked my own bread for years and being sure that no bread machine could some close i was proven to be very wrong"

"the only minor issue is that i would have preferred a slightly larger raisin dispenser but that is mainly because i am a bit of a raisin fanatic"

"this lead me to think that it's probably the additives and preservatives in supermarket bread and the way it is made which caused my problems!"

"a wessex cobbler loaf made with dried yeast and a 50 50 loaf with white & wholemeal flour as shown in picture all of the loaves have come out perfectly and taste great"

"effort required zero time required about 1 minute cant believe it"

"though i first stuck closely to the recipes that came with it i have now altered them including the things i like mainly seedy brown bread and the outcome is very tasty every time"

"only disappointing results have been from user error forgetting to put the paddle in the machine!"

"with all bread makers i highly recommend you are there as the machine finishes its baking so you can turn it out immediately to prevent an sogginess"

"i must admit that i am surprised because i have never had any delivery problems with any of the many items that i have bought from amazon in the past so i am hoping that this was a one off but i would have thought that it would have been a common courtesy for them to send me a reply so this has left me feeling a little disappointed"

"i have a fussy husband who won't eat ' supermarket bread' so i always brought it from the local bakery until they decided to stop trading so it was down to me to sort the bread situ"

"but the two smaller sizes are for the most part loaf shaped albeit a tad small relative to large supermarket loaves "

"supermarket breads don't come anywhere near to the results from making a loaf at home"

"i have owned panasonic breadmakers since 1997"

"panasonic sd2501 is a fantastic bread maker"

"we don't know if all breadmakers work this way but its not a major problem"

"a couple of minor niggles on rye breads it tends not to fully mix the ingredients often leaving a bit of uncooked mixed flour at one end of the pan whether you use the special rye bread mixing paddle or the normal one"

"i have a few little niggles : some programs will not allow all the functions to be used such as timed start crust colour loaf size and adding fruit"

"the variety of different breads that can be made is astounding and the knowledge that there are none of those horrid preservative chemicals in it makes it all so much better"

"i couldn't have been more wrong we have made dozens of loaves in the weeks we have had it and never once bought any bread "

"had same problem as others who only made bricks for loaves"

"already made a mix of extra large loaves and used the seeds dried fruit and it has lived up to expectations"

"the loaf never seems to get stuck and fall out easily when finished"

"also the box was quite badly damaged and it is a miracle that the breadmaker inside it is undamaged and appears to be in good working order"

"we have had this newer version for 6 months and the raisin dispenser has refused to drop its load already"

"using the non abrasive side of a dish washing sponge this non stick coating should last the life of the machine"

"did i mention the stale bread is excellent for french toast another very satisfying and easy meal?"

"the first was set as 'dark crust' and the second one was a ‘medium crust’"

"they are poles apart!"

"i bought my as "refurbished" and covered by amazon with a very low price £61 everything were there only the measure spoon missing its still a good deal i know somebody got a new one for here even cheaper than mine when they were doing a price fight with supermarkets"

"thought it was faulty machine only to find the website below and found out machine was not faulty it is the bad wheat harvest"

"quite expensive but bread rarely goes wrong usually my mistake its easy to use and timer great for overnight"

"the biggest mistake it is"

"a few little pointers always use a good strong flour i use marriages 100% canadian white and wholemeal very strong flour fresh dried yeast sea salt and instead of sugar i use horlicks don't laugh it contains milk powder malt and sugar all of which feed the yeast well and olive oil instead of butter"

"but i needn’t have worried!"

"edit 15 04 2014 after 10 weeks of perfect bread the machine started to produce pale loaves with undercooked sticky crumb"

"now on to my fifth no longer worried about local shops sold out at first flake of snow !"

"economically it doesn't undercut the cheap loaves but they're incomparable"

"i have also used it to make croissants chelsea buns and flat cakes"

"the bread rose a little more but was still a hard crust so i thought all it can be is the yeast so although my tinned yeast has a 2020 date but i had opened it one week ago i thought i would try allisons easy bake packet yeast instead of buying another tin this was the last chance for the bread maker i was going to return it because i had made 8 rubbish loaves of bread"

"it has some benefits over the sd 255 and a naughty cost cutting exercise: 1 the diamond coating is fantastic"

"i wanted to stop buying supermarket bread as don't know what preservatives are used but wasn't sure which bread maker to buy"

"don't waste your money on any other machine we have had other machines which have not produced bread as the panasonic"

"if you want to get your ingredients ready for the arrival of your breadmaker so you can use it right away to make a quick basic loaf all you really need is strong flour wholemeal or white salt sugar yeast which usually goes in first easy bake fast action yeast for breadmakers butter marg water"

"has anyone else got this problem with this machine are all bread makers noisy or am i doing something wrong?"

"the first few loaves i made were very flat and did not rise i tried changing to different flours etc but nothing seemed to work"

"a couple of minor niggles on rye breads it tends not to fully mix the ingredients often leaving a bit of uncooked mixed flour at one end of the pan whether you use the special rye bread mixing paddle or the normal one"

"using the non abrasive side of a dish washing sponge this non stick coating should last the life of the machine"

"in fact the only problem we've faced so far has been accurately slicing the resulting loaves but that's hardly a problem this machine sets out to solve"

"anybody else suffer from this or is it just me?"

"i've tried several recipes wholemeal white quick bake 3 hours from start to finish seeded bread granary cider apple banana and walnut cake"

"but this panasonic is so different better bread than i have eaten for a long time"

"my only minor niggle would be that i find the crust too be a bit too soft even on those recipes where you can adjust the crust "

"unfortunately my old machine 2500 gave up the ghost after many years of excellent service"

"the instruction booklet is 47 pages very comprehensive but a bit of a faff going backwards n forwards between the step by step pics showing what to do and the recipe quantities but it is easy to follow and read with plenty of recipes and trouble shooting advice"

"i made my first loaf but was somewhat disappointed at the size"

"i have tried white bread wholemeal 50% wholemeal bacon milk bread fruit bread brioche and others"

"i have used it many times now and made white bread rye seeded bread ciabatta savory bread and so on and it has never disappointed yet"

"also i have stopped buying appliances if i can't download the user manual and software updates where appropriate"

"when slicing it up in order to get all the slices the same thickness all the way around i cut just through the crust on the top and sides with a serrated knife then use a 1" wide flat bladed knife to cut through from top to bottom that way i don't get any slices that are thick at one end and thin at the other"

"non stick container and paddle that means only occasionally does the paddle get stuck"

"it has made great bread even when i did a normal bread mix for myself and put the ingredients in in the wrong order!"

"this in turn meant that some brands packs of flour were a problem"

"however i changed flour to a well known and more expensive brand of 'very strong flour' as advised in the manual and produced two bricks tasty bricks but little rise "

"lots of other bread machines only make goof white loaves"

"was a bit worried at first as i was using the wrong recipe but once realised what i had done it worked out great"

"the dispenser in the lid seems to do trick meaning you don't have to time yourself to be around when things need adding"

"although we can't buy strong flour here as it's just not available we find that a loaf made with normal plain flour is delicious!"

"i didn't read the bit where you have to remove the bread when it's done i left it in until i got up but i was still great!"

"i brought this panasonic to replace our existing panasonic which finally gave up the ghost after many years of virtual daily use"

"read the reviews all seemed reasonable for the panasonic checked i wasn't buying a tv and hoped the negative reviews were just people having a moan or extemely unlucky"

"i used allison's very strong wholemeal flour and proprietary flour for white and brown loaves"

"all in all i would reccomend this product to any novice out there who has never made bread in their lives"

"only once has the bread failed to rise and we never discovered why not mind you this was the "quick bread" which takes less than 2 hours so no great loss"

"having researched the fault i tried different flours and different yeast but the bread is still not properly cooked and still too dense"

"anybody else suffer from this or is it just me?"

"no skills needed"

"i've only made 2 types of basic bread wholemeal and granary but so far i'm really pleased with this machine"

"this is the second panasonic we've had and after 15 years almost daily use the original still produced great bread it was just that we couldn't get it out of the pan anymore and we were fed up with eating it in hand sized lumps"

"as we only eat bread at the weekends it wasn't too much of a problem thankfully it finally gave up the ghost which forced me to get a new one"

"unfortunately i got one of those products with a defect nut dispenser and didn't have time to try it before the 30 days return policy extinguished"

"made sure i watched all the videos on the product page and on youtube and i came to the conclusion that this is easy to use even for me a person who had never baked anything in my life not even watched anyone doing it"

"we do use it everyday but for that kind of money i would expect it to last longer than six months and not to go wrong again like its predecessor"

"the previous one was used 4 to 5 times a week but eventually the non stick surface in the bread pan and on the paddle began to wear out"

"don't worry about the bread not keeping for long because there are no preservatives in your loaf like shop bought bread has the problem is more that it is difficult to stop eating it and it soon disappears"

"however last night i made my first loaf of plain white bread and it was delicious!"

"book of recipes seems to be disappointly useless"

"but the results r disappointed"

"having digested them i decided to spend more than i intended as too many had niggling problems and i wanted something reliable and the panasonic sd 2501wxc seemed to fit the bill"

"over the past few years i have had several breadmakers and when my last one finally gave up i bought the panasonic sd 2501 based on the reviews"

"i have sd 251 before then gave it away after moving house and bought a lakeland compact one to fit in our new small kitchen"

"on our previous machines not panasonic the spindle in the bread pan fell out which meant having to replace the bread pan"

"i haven't got too much free time so i haven't used it too often then i left it safe in cupboard for around 3 months"

"on top of that the rapid mode doesnt have an option to activate the automated dispenser so i need to guess the right timing to throw in the ingredients or put the ingredients in the pan upfront"

"after numerous loafs of supermarket bread going rotten after 1 day and carefully reading all the reviews i decided to buy one these fabulous machines"

"i have owned two breadmakers before kenwood and bifinet from lidle good results but the first one difficult to remove bread pan and the second had two paddles which left two large holes where the dough had stuck to it"

"we had a problem with the first seeded loaf we made in that the trap door stuck and the seeds were dumped on top of the loaf near the end of cooking rather than mixed through but it has worked flawlessly since so i'm not taking a star off for that"

"the only downside is when out you realise how poor supermarket bread is"

"if you want to get your ingredients ready for the arrival of your breadmaker so you can use it right away to make a quick basic loaf all you really need is strong flour wholemeal or white salt sugar yeast which usually goes in first easy bake fast action yeast for breadmakers butter marg water"

"i was a bit worried about buying this because of all the mixed reviews but honestly it's amazing!"

"also the box was quite badly damaged and it is a miracle that the breadmaker inside it is undamaged and appears to be in good working order"

"it is very easy to clean the bowl can be removed for washing"

"we make bread every day and the blade doesn't stick"

"the only problem i have found is that if it is necessary to add more flour if the mix is to wet it tends to spray all over the inside of the machine"

"very rarely i have had to purchase supermarket bread and find it tastes awful compared to home baked"

"we were always delighted with it but the non stick coating was worn out necessitating a spatula to get the bread out and the bearing in the pan had gone making it so noisy it could only be run in the day time"

"only major complaint is the old one gave a load bleep when the cycle was complete which you could hear from another room"

"the only negative thing i can say about this machine is that the kneader gets stuck in the bread about 50% of the time which is a bit annoying i do manage to pull it out but i gave a loaf of bread to a family member and forgot to check the kneader and left it in the bread but luckily i got it back"

"if you need a further push i've lost about 1 2 stone since eating the bread now a trim 11 stone 5ft 10 incher instead of eating my usual junk food"

"fabulous to have fresh baked bread & cakes"

"i fancied a new one but stuck with the same panasonic model because it had been so good for us"

"non stick container and paddle that means only occasionally does the paddle get stuck"

"my only failure was one occasion when i forgot to add the water!"

"having digested them i decided to spend more than i intended as too many had niggling problems and i wanted something reliable and the panasonic sd 2501wxc seemed to fit the bill"

"i also have not tried the delay timer but i am sure i shall at some time in the future"

"i've made white wholemeal and rye bread in this one so far although i baked the rye in the oven as i wasn't going to wrestle the paddle out of it"

"they seem to have massive quality control issues"

"panasonic have come up trumps with this machine"

"i thought that i did something wrong so i tried again and it happened again the same thing what means that something is wrong with machine"

"the bread rose a little more but was still a hard crust so i thought all it can be is the yeast so although my tinned yeast has a 2020 date but i had opened it one week ago i thought i would try allisons easy bake packet yeast instead of buying another tin this was the last chance for the bread maker i was going to return it because i had made 8 rubbish loaves of bread"

"the only problem for me is the recipe book giving flour measurement by weight instead of cups i did try and weighted everything but it didn't go well so i had to guess and watch the consistency"

"however the reason that i didn't give it 5 stars is the beeper to let you know when the bread is ready is so quiet that unless you're actually in the room when it goes off it's almost impossible to hear and i've got fairly good hearing "

"the nut and raisin dispenser which is new to me is invaluable for making e"

"i have now made quite a few loaves it supplies a lovely loaf one problem is the paddle gets stuck in the loaf when removing it from the maker this causes a big hole in the base of the loaf when trying to remove it"

"my highly anticipated bread maker arrived this morning and i felt that i just had to leave a review sat next to 2 large white loafs 3 french sticks and a banana and walnut loaf absolutely fantastic and i'm gobsmacked!"

"you can't use the timer for gf function but that more down to the fact gf needs to be made right away or it will ruin while the ingredients sit"

"replaced a moulinex one which expired and this one is much superior as long as you read the instructions it is idiot proof and as it only has one paddle you only get one hole in the bottom"

"the blending paddle gets stuck in the bread sometimes but that's no biggie"

"i have used it many times now and made white bread rye seeded bread ciabatta savory bread and so on and it has never disappointed yet"

"my only quibble is that obviously the "medium large" loaves are just higher rather than bigger which makes for interesting sandwiches sometimes and a large loaf can be difficult to cut evenly"

"only if we have been away and need something quick for sandwiches for work"

"i had a cheap breadmaker first time round which was pretty rubbish and in the end i had to resort to only using it to knead the dough and then i used to take the dough out and leave it to rise in a loaf tin"

"it has some benefits over the sd 255 and a naughty cost cutting exercise: 1 the diamond coating is fantastic"

"the dispenser doesn't always work so my seeded bread sometimes doesn't have seeds but it still tastes good"

"for the last few years i have struggled with my existing bread maker for every loaf i got right i had two that were rubbish not risen mush or just a lump of hard dough i decided i had had enough and threw the bread maker away"

"in any case i still think this is a very machine and worth your while in buying same"

"my wife also wanted one with the seed nut dispenser though this feature hasn't been used by us yet"

"if it broke tomorrow i would order another one the same day my sister has had her panasonic breadmaker in france since 2002 and still uses it twice a week they don't have sliced bread in the shops where she lives!"

"i've only had one problem and that was with the ciabatta bread because the recipe was wrong"

"my family thought it would just sit in a cupboard once the novelty wore off but we all use it and no longer buy shop made bread"

"also makes jam and dough"

"i had a cheap breadmaker before but this one is fa lot better i cook bread almost every day and i am someone that doesn't like cooking"

"i've just resulted to browsing the internet for different recipes for bread makers and they work fine : i just made a brown loaf but it turned out awful!"

"the first was odd shaped loaves"

"and the end of cycle warning beeps are very quiet"

"pesto and pine nut yum!"

"the 'easy ciabatta' is nothing like ciabatta and doesn't have the big holes"

"the new one is better than the old one because of some helpful features we didn't have before a flashing start button to help to protect against forgetting to start it and a timer that can be lowered as well as raised giving easier control of the timer than previously"

"the panasonic however first bake out of the box and with me doing nothing other than following the instructions exactly produced an exceptionally fluffy white loaf the only fault was with my setting for the crust which i prefer slightly crunchy so i will change that for the next one"

"only thing that i do not understand is most of the standard programs begins with a rest period"

"otherwise it won't stay fresh for a long as shop bought bread but then that's full of preservatives!"

"home made bread yum"

"my previous bread maker was inconsistent on the advice of a friend i went for this one as hers doesn't have the tray to add nuts etc to dough and she wished she had spent a bit extra to get it really good bread maker made rye bread it was excellent as was white and wholesale so far so good"

"it has no viewing window but it doesn't need one as it tells you what stage its at and as long as you don't open the lid and peak while its rising its fine"

"definitely will not buy it again"

"we had the same make 2 years ago but had a few problems with it they seem to have rectified these with this model"

"after the wedding they called me to their house imagine the embarrassment and ashamed i felt when they asked me to test it and indeed it never worked at all nor the electronics do anything"

"even after the first use i saw that the inside paint enamel coating has been left with very fine circle marks caused by friction with the flour"

"use this 2 3 times a week make dough for rolls at weekends and medium white loaves for in the week very little effort needed"

"very useful for people like me who have very little time to bake during the week"

"the paddle has only stuck once and that was in a granary loaf"

"the fools don't realise i will be hiding it and using it to bribe them well blackmail is such an ugly word to do their share of the housework!"

"i cannot recommend this product highly enough and plan to be using it for a very long time to come"

"that must be very sad to open the lid and uggh throw it away and start again!"

"this is the second panasonic breadmaker i have purchased and although it does everything it says on the tin i am disappointed that the paddle problem has not been resolved"

"emailed panasonic but they have not responded"

"put in the yeast dry ingredients then water select programme and off you go!"

"only words of warning you will want to make bread regularly once you have tasted this so you need somewhere to store a reasonable amount of flour unless you live next door to a supermarket"

"panasonic sd 2501wxc automatic breadmaker white with nut & raisin dispenser & gluten free program 1 question can you use silicone loaf tin inside bread pan instead of baking parchment?"

"machine is tall so i have it sat where there are no wall cupboards"

"it is a great machine very easy to use incredibly quiet you can hardly hear it mixing and it bakes delicious bread"

"i've had it 2 days and have made 3 loaves 1 "quick bread" recipe 1 fruit loaf using the dispenser and 1 50:50 wholemeal white using the timer"

"would say am a fair homecook but i don't make bread"

"but warranty only covers 1 year and by the time i've tried different things to try to fix the problem i'm not covered by the warranty"

"look forward to experimenting with different menus so far the basic menu 01 has resulted in lovely white bread excellent texture and the only complaint is it didn't last long enough unless i hide it"

"it seems to get better reviews than more recent models so i’m not worried about that trusting in amazon should anything go wrong"

"great bread maker first attempt i wasn't expecting much but made a good loaf with just the instruction supplied this is great you can make all kinds of bread and have it ready in the morning for breakfast currently collecting different recipes from around the world so easy to use all measuring cups supplied"

"i don't use the fancy bits such as nut dispenser i just put them in with the mix or rye blade and i've never made a compote in it but for bread it's very consistent and delicious"

"both bread and cakes taste delicious have only given it 4 stars because no viewing window and buzzer not loud enough if you are not in kitchen at end of baking time"

"02 approx 125g yeast pack was 99p only use 1 n half teaspn per xl loaf tiny amounts of sugar n salt n oil are needed"

"my first loaf was a little like a 'brick' when it came out that's why i decided to make another one immediately after and the second one turned out just perfect"

"shame because this was recommended to us but we have had problems with both"

"you need to dry line the compartment with grains so this doesn't happen"

"our old machine died recently after a good 15 years quality service"

"the nut dispenser works well on bake programmes but unless i have missed it there is no programme to automatically add fruit and nuts to a dough programme so you either add them at the end by hand or at the start and risk them being a bit beaten up"

"have only made wholemeal loaves so far but am looking forward to trying the pizza dough and other bread recipes in the winter"

"well why it bugs me?"

"i would have liked to see a rapid programme with added grains raisins started with warm water and finishing in 2 hours or less the panasonic does it in 4 or 5 hours "

"i can cook anything and unfortunately i can’t make bread"

"one comment that had stood out for me was where another reviewer said that all bread makers were definitely not the same and how impressed they were with this one"

"that was mistake all breadmakers are not the same!"

"i also tried a quick bake just to see was nice but not as nice and the other loafs i have also had a go at a pine nut and pesto loaf and this was also fantastic"

"photos attached what’s wrong ؟"

"the lcd display is a bit hard to read sometimes with my poor eyesight but that's not unusual these days"

"i have owned two breadmakers before kenwood and bifinet from lidle good results but the first one difficult to remove bread pan and the second had two paddles which left two large holes where the dough had stuck to it"

"i haven't had a bad loaf i need to experiment with flours to find the perfect one but what i'm doing now is fine"

"anyway if you're looking for a bread maker then look no farther than this if you can afford it then this will do you for anything you want to create and if it doesn't then you should probably invest in a bread making course because this pretty much does everything except the very exotic and it does actually do reasonably exotic as well "

"fruit nut dispenser works but can press into the top of the loaf if left down"

"if you need a further push i've lost about 1 2 stone since eating the bread now a trim 11 stone 5ft 10 incher instead of eating my usual junk food"

"the only odd review complaint against this bread maker was a sticking paddle but we have never ever had this problem"

"the nut and raisin dispenser has been great for adding seeds to the bread mix"

"i then bought bread machine yeast and haven't looked back"

"i must confess to feeling a bit apprehensive at first wondering what the results would be and wondering also if the machine would be difficult to clean afterwards but i needn't have worried!"

"it would be better if it stopped at 90degrees so it didn't ruin more than one slice of bread when it is sliced"

"i have now ordered a replacement paddle from another shop which aparanteley is teflon coated and will never get stuck in the loafs"

"i had the 2500 before 3 years ago and prefer these models to the panasonic one with a separate yeast dispenser which i could not get on with it"

"i hate the blade in the bottom of the loaf and this gives me flexibility"

"on removal which was tricky in itself they left a huge hole"

"what's more we bought from amazon 'seconds' and the only signs of a return was a slightly damaged box"

"i required only one machine"

"edit 15 04 2014 after 10 weeks of perfect bread the machine started to produce pale loaves with undercooked sticky crumb"

"it was delivered in a very short time but i was ready having already purchased what i thought would be the correct ingredients"